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cocci which grew in long chains. It was exceedingly sensitive 
and died before its characters and properties were more fully 
determined. 
II. A Case of Emphalophlebitis .—This was in a colt about 
three weeks old which was brought to the hospital in the spring 
of 1898. It appeared to be well excepting for the diseased 
joints. The case was considered hopeless by the surgeon and 
the patient was killed. The post-mortem examination showed 
the umbilical vein from the umbilicus to the liver to be dis¬ 
tended and filled with blood, pus cells, and bacteria. All of 
the organs were normal in appearance. In both knee joints 
(carpus) and one hock joint (tarsus) there was extensive sup¬ 
puration. The pus extended into the connective tissue around 
the joints and between the tendons and muscles for a distance 
of ten to fifteen centimeters. The pus was yellowish in color 
and somewhat flaky. A microscopic examination of cover-glass 
preparations made from the contents of the umbilical vein 
revealed the presence of innumerable bacteria including large 
and small rod-shaped organisms, together with large and smaller 
micrococci and a streptococcus. Similar preparations from the 
blood (heart), liver, and spleen did not reveal the presence of 
any bacteria. In each of the preparations made from the sup¬ 
purating joints there were a number of short chains and diplo- 
cocci. 
Two tubes of agar and two of bouillon were inoculated from 
the blood flowing from the carotid artery, and the heart, con¬ 
tents of the umbilical vein, liver, spleen, kidneys, and each of 
the suppurating joints. The results were as follows: The 
media inoculated from the umbilical vein contained a large 
variety of bacteria. One of the four tubes inoculated from the 
liver contained a streptococcus inpure culture, while the others 
remained clear ; all of the media inoculated with the blood, 
spleen and kidneys remained clear ; all of those inoculated from 
the suppurating joints gave pure cultures of a streptococcus. 
This organism produced a rapidly fatal septicaemia in rab¬ 
bits. It did not affect guinea pigs. In bouillon cultures it usu- 
